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Around 119 Indian nationals are expected to arrive at Amritsar International Airport this weekend following their deportation from the United States, according to media reports. Two flights are scheduled to land at Guru Ram Dass International Airport—one on Saturday, February 15, and the other on Sunday, February 16. A media report has indicated that the […]
Calling India’s PM Modi a “much tougher and much better negotiator than him,” US President Donald Trump gave the bonhomie with the two leaders a timeless depth, nurturing a bond that seemed to have transcended diplomacy. The two leaders made significant announcements during one of the most awaited White House meetings, with PM Modi […]
The central government has identified 21 vital corridors within the Gir Protected Area to aid in the conservation of the Asiatic lion. This information was provided by Kirti Vardhan Singh, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in response to a query from Member of Parliament Parimal Nathwani regarding lion corridors in Gir. […]
Insensitive deportation of Indians is a humanitarian crisis which needs global intervention I fondly remember my time as a student in the US where I was fortunate enough to receive a full scholarship. Besides deepening my academic rigour, I had come to realise what made the US a great nation. The US lived the values […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United States early on Thursday (Indian time) and was welcomed by members of the Indian-American diaspora at Blair House, the President’s Guest House. Despite freezing temperatures and rain, community members gathered outside, chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, ‘Vande Mataram’, and ‘Modi Modi’ while waving Indian and American flags. […]
It has been in the news lately that Gujarati migrants make up a huge portion of those who have been deported by the Trump administration to India. In fact, it is understood that Gujaratis are overrepresented among illegal Indian migrants in the US at large. In 2023, out of 67,391 Indian illegal migrants in the US, […]
US President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to ban birthright citizenship for children of temporary visa holders has initiated widespread concern among immigrants, particularly the Indian community in the United States. The policy, currently on hold following a legal challenge, has left thousands of Indian immigrants expecting children in a state of uncertainty. For Indian […]
Government employees across Gujarat were fined for riding without helmets on Tuesday as part of a statewide enforcement drive launched by the Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay. The drive, which targeted government employees to encourage compliance with road safety laws, aimed to reduce road accidents, deaths, and injuries caused by two-wheeler riders not […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Trump White House in the fourth week of his second presidency has assumed significance for multiple reasons. The US recently sent back the first batch of 104 Indian illegal immigrants, with hands and legs cuffed, on a military aircraft. As an editorial notes, it was bad optics. Considering […]
Addressing the 14th India-France CEO Forum in Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised India’s growing stature as a global investment hub, bolstered by stable, predictable policies. PM Modi also reiterated India’s status as the world’s fifth-largest economy and the country’s plans to become the third-largest, underscoring opportunities in sectors like aviation, defence manufacturing, and energy, […]
Only recently Hemaben Acharya, one of BJP’s oldest founding members, lamented the way the party descended into a nightmare of authoritarian rule, as democracy itself was slowly being dismantled. Further confirmation of BJP’s intimidating tactics was evident in Vadodara where the party’s district president Satish Patel threatened that homes would be demolished if the panel […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday received a warm welcome from French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris ahead of the AI Summit. Macron greeted Modi with a hug during a dinner meeting before the summit, highlighting the strong ties between India and France. PM Modi shared his sentiments on X, stating, “Delighted to meet my […]
The Gujarat Model is (in)famous for several things, one of them being vindictiveness. However, though Vibes of India cannot say so, human rights activists are aghast at a Bhuj court ruling that has found former Kutch Superintendent of Police (SP)…guilty. Interestingly, the case dates back to 1984 when Kuldeep Sharma was the district SP. On […]
Naming naval ships after prominent cities is India’s time-honoured tradition, INS Mumbai, INS Chennai, INS Delhi, INS Kolkata, INS Kochi to name a few. Two years ago, INS Imphal had the unique distinction of being the most advanced stealth-guided missile destroyer and was named after a city from the northeast. Now, it’s time for Surat […]
The Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay on Monday announced that all police units in the state have been instructed to ensure strict adherence to traffic rules, particularly the mandatory helmet requirement, starting February 11. In a tweet posted on the X (formerly Twitter), DGP Gujarat emphasised the importance of government servants setting […]
From melting gold to creatively hiding it in their bodies, smugglers can go to any extent to transport the precious metal illicitly. One common technique involves melting gold into liquid form to eliminate any identifying marks that could link it back to its source. Recent incidents have even seen smugglers concealing gold in their undergarments […]
An 86-year-old industrialist was allegedly murdered at his residence in Hyderabad by his grandson over a property dispute, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on the night of February 6 when the accused, K Kirti Teja, 28, attacked his grandfather, V C Janardhan Rao, chairman and managing director of the city-based Veljan Group, […]
The Gujarat Police has initiated an investigation into whether the 33 deportees from the state, among the 104 individuals deported from the United States earlier this week, used fraudulent means to obtain visas for the intermediate countries through which they travelled before attempting to enter the US illegally. The deportees, comprising families, couples, and children, […]
Kash Patel, the nominee for FBI director under President Donald Trump, received $25,000 last year from Global Tree Pictures, a Los Angeles-based film company owned by Igor Lopatonok, a Russian-born US citizen known for producing pro-Kremlin content. The payment, disclosed in Patel’s financial records submitted for his nomination, coincided with his participation in a documentary […]
For her Woman of Bangalore project, French artist Olympe Ramakrishna has created a series of oil paintings of close friends. Other artists might have stopped there, but Olympe decided to give her work a twist. Using digital tech, she has printed the images from her canvases on silk saris. The results, currently on display at the French […]
